Residents thanked for input on future of council

Derbyshire’s eight borough and district councils, and Derby City Council, launched the six-week consultation to gather as many views as possible from residents, businesses and organisations from across the county.  
 
In a joint statement, the leaders of Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derby City, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, North East Derbyshire and South Derbyshire councils, said: “Thank you to everyone who has shared their views on our options for the future of local council services in Derbyshire.  

“People and places across Derbyshire must come first when we think about the future of the councils that deliver their services, and we felt it important to ask residents, businesses and organisations across the county what they think about the plans.  

“It will take us some time to thoroughly review and collate the results over the coming weeks, and people’s views will be used to inform our final proposal and business case for how local government reorganisation should be taken forward in the best interests of Derbyshire’s communities.”  
 
The consultation closed on Sunday 10 August. Results will now be reviewed and – alongside a range of other evidence – will be used to shape the final proposal, which needs to be submitted to the Government on or before 28 November.

The Government will then consider the proposal alongside any others that are submitted for Derbyshire before making a final decision on which proposal to implement.  
 
Under the Government’s current timeline, elections for the new shadow authorities will take place in 2027 and the new councils would start to operate from April 2028.